Well seeing as I'm the dork who started this thread (unintentionally) I'd have to say I'm not fussed either.

Mine appears to fluctuate between -3/+3 depending on who's online (it's not THAT anonymous) hence I put little bearing on it.

It appears though that most of my smites appear when I'm off-line (although I'm quite sure this post will earn me one or two) and hav'nt posted for a few days which only suggests that a few people (for whatever reason as I can't ever recall offending anyone) must sign on and straight away smite certain members out of dislike as opposed to any actual recent comments/posts.

Too funny.

I think it's misuse/abuse is it's downfall as it is not programmed to comprehend/calculate the word "grudge" or the gang mentalities I've seen here from time to time.Still it's only logical a system of this type will be abused at times given the medium of a public message board.

*awaits smitting*

Maybe some system of maximum smites(maybe 2?)/karma kicks(maybe 5?) per day would work and keep everyone in the positive?

Either way it's no big deal and could be far worse.

I'm a member of other message boards which allow self editing of threads or "hammering" of posts whereby the thread author can instantly remove any posts by any member in any thread they have started.